fresh picked whimsy: 6 Miles!

Still trucking away at our training for the Mini Marathon. We are 8 weeks out from the event and are right on target for our training. Yesterday we walked 6 miles on our local walking trail {the Monon Trail}. Our plan was to walk 3 miles and turn around and head back. {G scootered along with us}

Good plan...and we really had no problems except for the fact that at the end of the 3 miles we were so thirsty and had completely forgotten to bring any money with us. The trail water fountains are still closed for winter, so we were out of luck. Lesson learned.

i love this sign along the trail...{random}

With this AMAZING spring-like winter we are having, and the new-found daylight in the evening, our remaining training should be a cinch! On our walking days, Mark and I have been going to the city gym and walking on the indoor track most nights after dinner.

{My drumstick legs while we are walking}

There's fewer people using the track then, and, it's the only time Mark has had open to walk. It's been great, but it's so much better walking outside! It has been a crazy winter...i'm not complaining, but it just felt odd. No snow to speak of. I took this pic at Target last week. No snow = 70% off sleds!!!!

My daffodils are blooming, everything is greening up and we are praying that Mother Nature isn't planning a sneaky winter attack as winter comes to an end...only 7 more days!!! I took this picture on the day of those horrible tornados in southern Indiana and Kentucky. The clouds were so low and there was this one opening. It was so spooky.

Then i spotted this horizontal spiral cloud, which had me completely freaked out. I was in a carpool line for Griffin and everyone in that line was watching it. Eeeeeery! {I guess those were kind of random, too}

So...my biggest challenge on this journey is still meal planning. We are a busy family, with lots of activities and some picky eaters. I'm really trying hard to keep it healthy and to manage portions. My weight isn't coming off as easy as i thought it would with all of this exercise. A few people have recommended apps for tracking calories and food. I did download mapmyfitness, but just haven't had the time to set it up yet. This was today's lunch...i love fruit in my salad...especially apples!

tonight we will have turkey burgers on portobello mushrooms. Yum. Everyone loves the burgers...the mushrooms, not so much. Oh well. Not gonna lie...i'm kinda sore from yesterday's walk. Going to try to head to bed early tonight. Wish me luck!